Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association

Description

This new edition of the Code of Medical Ethics is the culmination of an eight-year project to modernize the Code´s ethical guidance for relevance, clarity and consistency. It represents the first comprehensive review of the Code in more than half acentury. The features of this significantly revised edition will allow physicians to more easily incorporate the Code into their daily practice of medicine.

The Code of Medical Ethics was adopted at the first AMA meeting in 1847. Much in medicine has changed in 169 years, but this founding document�the first uniform code of ethics of its kind´s is still the basis of an explicit social contract betweenphysicians and their patients. It is regularly cited as the medical profession�s authoritative voice in legal opinions and in scholarly journals. It should be in every medical library and practice office.

Features and Benefits

• Intuitivechapterstructuremakesfindingpertinentguidanceeasy
• A uniformformatforopinionsimprovesthereadability and application of guidance
• Theconsolidation of guidanceinto a single, comprehensivestatementoneachtopic
• A new approach to organizingguidanceforrelatedissuesthatbringsaboutsubjectharmony
• Anupdateortheretirement of significantlyoutdatedguidance
• Inclusion of a new preface to clarifythedifferentlevels of ethicalobligation in thevariousethicalopinions

Target Audience

Physicians, physician assistants, medical students and residents, attorneys, law firms, ethicists and professors of ethics, bioethics students, US medical school libraries, US hospital libraries and large practices.

The American Medical Association is the premier national organization dedicated to shaping a healthier future for America by empowering the nation´s physicians to provide safer, more efficient and higher quality care for patients and communities.

For more than 50 years the AMA has used its knowledge and resources to author and publish books, data files and online resources that answer the needs of today´s busy physicians and their staff. The AMA product line includes titles on CPT®, HCPCS and ICD-10 coding; reimbursement; practice management; impairment; and HIPAA and electronic health records.